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I. MINERALS ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION. The following statement shows the value of minerals (other than gold) entered for exportation from metal-mines, quarries, and kauri-gum fields from the Ist January, 1853, to the 31st December. 1918 :

11. PERSONS EMPLOYED. The following statement shows the number of persons ordinarily employed in or about the metalliferous mines of the Dominion during the year : —

During the period of the present war- viz., 1914 to 1918 inclusive - the number of metal-miners employed bas declined 430; but as most of the principal quartz-mines have considerably reduced their ore reserves during the war period the shortage of metal-miners is by no means so acute as that of coal-miners.

111. ACCIDENTS. The following is n nummary of persons killed or seriously injured in metalliferous mines during 1918:

The proportion of fatalities per 1,000 persons employed was 0-77, being, with one exception, the lowest hitherto recorded for the metal-mines of the Dominion, and less than one-quarter of the proportion of fatalities in the United States or South Africa. Neither of the two fatalities occurred in or about mines, however, one being in connection with drilling for oil ; the other happened upon a, gold-dredge. Both operations being controlled by the Mining Act, the fatalities have been included among mining accidents.

Classification. 1917. 1918. Increaso Total from the or 1st January, 1853, to the Deoroase. ' 31st Deoember, 1918. i Silver Quicksilver Tnngsten-ore Other minerals Kauri-gum... £ 105,299 28,972 6,847 291,917 £ 171,456 2,122 37,922 5,882 157,313 £ £ Inc. 66,157 I 2,458,248 2,122 ' 2,122 8,950 268,444 Dec. 965 425,368 „ 134,604 j 18,325,252

Classification. I: ispection Distrl it. Southern. Total, 1918. Northern. West Coast. Gold, silver, and tungsten Cinnabar Asbestos 1,264 13 760 542 2,566 18 3 3 Totals for 1918 Totals for 1917 1,277 1,432 763 925 542 655 2,582 3,012

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